X Factor votes revealed: Christopher Maloney came top seven weeks in a row

Christopher Maloney scored the highest number of public votes for the first seven weeks of the competition (Picture: ITV/Rex)

James Arthur might have been crowned The X Factor champion last night but he wasn’t winning until week 8 of the show as it has now emerged that Christopher Maloney scored the highest number of public votes for the first seven weeks of the competition.

Maloney caused controversy during his time on the show, getting a hard time from judges for being ‘cheesy’ and even receiving death threats from disgruntled viewers angry he still had a place in the show.

But it seems he clearly did have a strong following as for the first seven weeks of the ITV talent show – as well as winning the wildcard vote in the first week – Maloney scored the highest number of public votes.

The public voting figures have now been released by The X Factor after weeks of speculation on how each act was faring.

Chris’ run kicked off in week one when he won the wildcard vote against Amy Mottram, Times Red and Adam Burridge with a whopping 63.5% of the percentage.

James Arthur was rightfully crowned the winner of The X Factor on Sunday night (Picture: ITV/Rex)

It stayed high in the first week of the knock-outs where he scored 28.8% with the next highest contender, Jahmene Douglas, only getting 13.2%. James Arthur was much lower, polling 5.6% of the vote.

Maloney continued strides ahead of the other contestants, always being followed by Jahmeen, right until week 8 when James stole his crown during the Motown and Abba week.

Arthur melted the hearts of the female population with his rendition of the Motown classic Let’s Get It On and that evidently helped him score a whopping 40.7% that week, which was the highest percentage of the vote scored in the series up to that point. He was followed by Chris who had an incomparable 21.0%.

James continued his reign into week 9, where he performed Power Of Love and polled an impressive 41.2% of the vote. But this time Jahmene pipped Maloney to second place with 22.0% against the Liverpudlian’s 18.7%.

James scored the highest public vote percentage in the final week, going on to be crowned winner of the show, banking a healthy 53.7% of the overall vote. Jahmene scored 38.9%, also impressive, while Christopher, who came third in the competition, secured 7.4%.

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December 9, 2012: 'The X Factor' winner James Arthur seen leaving his hotel to return to London for interviews, UK. Credit: INFphoto.com

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Rylan Clark is known for his appearance on this year’s X Factor (Picture: Xposurephotos.com)

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Chaotic scenes outside the Radisson hotel in Manchester where the after party was happening for the X Factor final.
Performers and guests were brought in by security through the crowd of fans.
When James Argent from TOWIE arrived one girl fell, then threw a bottle of drink over people then got her breasts out.
Carolynne Poole had extra security helping her out when she left the party.
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